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Madam Bipolar: Top 50 bloggers 2012

By Lana Hallowes |

Lisa writes about much more than living with a mental illness on her blog, Madam Bipolar. "It's about life," she says. "And mental health problems are, sadly, a part of life. The goal of this blog is to help people to achieve a diagnosis in a reasonable time frame - not the average of 10 years it takes most people with bipolar disorder." Full of stories, topics and helpful advice, Madam Bipolar is also a place to find comfort, answers and solidarity.

Three favourite posts:

Five things to know about Madam Bipolar:

"Some people call me SawHole (which is my Twitter handle). The legend behind this is because my real name is Lisa and I had a boss who could not pronounce my name. It came out as Lee-Saw, so my friends called me that for a while. This morphed later into SawHole. Thanks guys. Might as well embrace it."

"I used to be the public face of a well-known consumer organisation. Think the Brand Power ads but with poorer lighting and zero budget."

"In 2009, I was so sick I was admitted to hospital. It was there I was finally diagnosed with bipolar disorder and my healing could start. I am proof that just because you have a mental health problem, it does not mean your life is over."

"The feedback I receive from readers of Madam Bipolar often makes me cry tears of empathy and humility."

"When I am not obsessively blogging, I am being either a political junkie or a reality television devotee."